Why 1. ______ (America) choose flexibility(弹性工作)over money?
According 2. ______the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than twenty 3. ______ (million) Americans actively prefer part-time work. For 4. ______ , they may be college or graduate students 5. ______need time to 6. ______(complete) homework. Some part-time employees take on family duties, and others are Semiretired(半退休).
One 7. ______ (three) of Americans choose part-time work so 8. ______ they can follow their dreams. These workers want to 9. ______ (design) their own careers.
Many are young and college-educated, and they want work that will cater to(符合)their lifestyle. Among this population, the common idea is simple: They don’t want to work long hours in a job 10. ______they don’t like.